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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
Catalogue reference: SC 5/8/7
Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Poor people of the commons. King and council of parliament. Petition that the king...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/135/6708
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This record is about the Poor people of the commons. King and council of parliament. Petition that the king... dating from [1353-1377] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/135/6708
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1353-1377]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Poor people of the commons.
- Addressees
- King and council of parliament.
- Nature of request
- Petition that the king and council declare in more detail regarding cloth subject to the subsidy on sale of cloth instituted by statute in 1353.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None.]
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Datable from internal evidence to some time between 1353 and the end of the reign of Edward III.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- French
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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- Open Document, Open Description
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9208890/
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Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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